If you don’t treat the infection, it can kill the pulp of your tooth and lead to an abscess. There are two common types:
You can get more than one abscess, or one abscess can travel through the bone and show up in several spots, but each is related to only one tooth.
- A periapical abscess forms at the tip of your tooth’s root.
- A periodontal abscess affects the bone next to your tooth.